Comments on: Travis Hafner Comes Home (Kind Of)http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/
A Member of the ESPN SweetSpot NetworkThu, 12 Oct 2017 06:25:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2By: Matt misichhttp://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/#comment-34172
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:36:27 +0000http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=12505#comment-34172why would you ever want it WITHOUT the wahoo?! are you native american and find it deeply offensive? or just a winey american who finds everything not politically correct and offensive. Sheesh
]]>By: D.P. Robertshttp://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/#comment-34165
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:43:16 +0000http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=12505#comment-34165I did think of that – Hafner’s last nearly full year was in 2010, almost four years ago – surely they haven’t produced many (if any) shirts since then? I can’t imagine that they have all that many left over after so long.

However, Reynolds’ flash-in-the-pan was just last April (I thought it was May, but after checking his stats revealed that Reynolds hit .301 in April and .218 in May, and then dropped off a cliff after that).

And since you mentioned Grady Sizemore – you can’t even get a regular Sizemore shirt or jersey anymore in the men’s section of the site (fanatics.com). You can, however, get lots of pink ones in the women’s section. I guess Grady’s Ladies are still carrying a torch for him…

And lastly – there’s no sign of a “Tony Plush” jersey yet. What a travesty!

]]>By: Kevinhttp://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/#comment-34161
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 02:56:07 +0000http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=12505#comment-34161Great month.
]]>By: Adam Hintzhttp://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/#comment-34157
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:26:32 +0000http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=12505#comment-34157May 2013, never forget.
]]>By: Rosshttp://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/#comment-34154
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:04:30 +0000http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=12505#comment-34154Whew. What a relief. I was worried that we had signed him to a minor league contract with an invite to spring training.
]]>By: Ryan McCrystalhttp://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/#comment-34153
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:48:04 +0000http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=12505#comment-34153You’re looking at it backwards. It’s not an issue of lower demand for Hafner, it’s an issue of higher supply.

When Hafner was here and at his peak he was one highest selling jerseys on the team, probably second to Sizemore for awhile. So now that he’s gone, they must have a ton left over. There were fewer Choo, and even fewer Reynolds jerseys produced, so there’s less that they need to get rid of.

The demand for all of them is close to zero. So the price is simply set based on how much they need to get rid of. They’re not disrespecting Hafner at all.

]]>By: D.P. Robertshttp://itspronouncedlajaway.com/2014/01/15/travis-hafner-comes-home-kind-of/#comment-34151
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:20:36 +0000http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=12505#comment-34151Having taken Econ 101 (and 102, and several others), it’s clearly supply and demand. However, I’m simply wondering why the demand for Hafner gear is so low that they can’t be sold at $17-$18 like Choo and Reynolds shirts.

If Hafner was getting the respect he deserves, the shirts would have been gone before the price got so low. Reynolds played well for the Indians for exactly one month – how many people want to wear a shirt that commemorates May 2013 of the Cleveland Indians season? The demand for his shirt ought to be remarkably low – I’m not even sure I’d wear one if someone gave it to me for free.